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		<title>Does A Future Credit Result In A Lower Trip Cost?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Subscribe Hi Steve, There&#8217;s been a price reduction on the air portion of our trip. We have already paid up front for the higher price, and the savings that we will receive will come in the form of a credit toward future air travel, once I go about this procedure online. My Travel Insured policy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can I Get A Cancel Anytime Cancel For Any Reason Plan?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Subscribe We didn&#8217;t purchase our tickets yet. My wife and I, along with our 10 month old, hope to go from Newark to Israel (Tel Aviv) in early December for 5-6 days. The tickets are about $1,000 each. We live in New York. We need a policy that in the event my wife feels at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Travel Insurance Cover for a Family Member&#8217;s Passing Away?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Subscribe At first glance, the email question I received seemed simple and straight-forward: Does this cover for a death in family? Until I thought about the above question. In order to understand how I think, and how you can best understand anything I write on my many websites (33 as of today), I start from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cancel Your Plane Ticket Or Pay The Change Fee?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 21:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Subscribe Have you ever wondered about how it works with your plane tickets if you have to cancel your trip and file a claim on your trip cancellation travel insurance plan? Do you: Cancel your plane ticket and get no refund from the airline? or Or pay The change fee and have a non-transferable ticket [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do Callers Think We Were Born Yesterday?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Subscribe I received this call yesterday (8/25/11): Caller: I need travel insurance that will help me if there&#8217;s bad weather. Especially if the place we&#8217;re going is damaged. Steve: Where are you going? Caller: South Carolina Steve: When are you going? Caller: Leaving on August 31st Steve: No, nothing will cover you due to Hurricane [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Does Travel Insurance Help in Egypt Protests?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Subscribe I was writing a blog post on the Egypt Protests and Travel Insurance when Sarah Schlichter from IndependentTraveler.com contacted me yesterday. Sarah wrote her article far better than I could have, so take a look at IndependentTraveler.com article Egypt Protests: Can Travel Insurance Help?. Here&#8217;s another tip. Sarah referred to contacting your travel suppliers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opt Out Day Delays Aren&#8217;t Covered by Travel Insurance</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Subscribe Travel Insurance Doesn&#8217;t Cover Security Line Delays That&#8217;s right &#8211; Travel Insurance policies don&#8217;t cover security line delays. Nor do they cover you if you are delayed due to any civil disobedience, including peaceful civil disobedience. This includes delays from &#8220;National Opt Out Day&#8221; on Nov. 24, 2010. What do you mean? What&#8217;s &#8220;National [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Travel Insurance Won&#8217;t Cover Sarah&#8217;s Boat Trip</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 21:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Subscribe here We are taking our boat from Florida to the Bahamas. If the seas are over 6 feet, we&#8217;ll be delayed getting to the Bahamas meaning we&#8217;ll lose the cost of our prepaid hotel. Can insure against this travel delay? The only portion we would like to insure is the cost of our hotel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Does My Trip Cancellation Coverage End on My Departure Date?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steve, I received my travel insurance confirmation and I am very concerned because it says that my Trip Cancellation Expiration Date is July 31 which is the day I leave on my trip. Can you please explain this? Thanks, Karen Hi Karen, The reason your travel insurance confirmation says your Trip Cancellation Expiration Date is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do I Insure My Trip Value or What I Paid?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steve, I have purchased our trip insurance several times over the past few years through TripInsuranceStore.com and have a question about amount of trip to cover for an upcoming trip this summer to Svalbard, Norway. The original cost of the trip was $7260 pp. We got several discounts including early booking and past passenger bringing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Trip Cancellation Covered Due to H1N1?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been looking over your very helpful and user-friendly website. Would your plans also cover cancellation due to H1N1? I&#8217;d appreciate your help. Regards, Janet Hi Janet, Thank you for the kind words. Yes, our plans can cover cancellation due to H1N1 in three ways: 1) Assuming none of you have H1N1 now, but you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can I Get Reimbursed If I Don&#8217;t Have a Loss?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw this provision in one of your travel insurance plans under the Emergency Accident / Sickness Medical section &#8220;The Company will not cover any expenses provided by another party at no cost to the Insured or already included within the cost of the Trip.&#8221; What does this mean? Elsie Hi Elsie, You ask a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Travel Insurance Cover Giving Birth?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:59:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Steve, Which travel health insurance plan will cover me? I am 30 weeks pregnant and I just bought my plane tickets for a trip to the USA. I plan on having my child in the USA and I want to get travel health insurance to cover all my expenses. Thanks, Rudeen Du P. Before [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Want To Get A Passport</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello, Steve. I have several friends who love to cruise. They have never had, nor do they plan to get, passports. (I know&#8230;weird, but it&#8217;s their belief system.) At any rate, Homeland security has o.k.&#8217;d (at least for now) birth certificates for identification purposes. Our friends are concerned that at some point only passports will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Claims Easier With Primary Coverage?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey Steve, I was wondering if the policies that provide primary medical coverage are more or less of a hassle to process a claim than the ones that provide secondary coverage? Thanks, Jim Great question Jim! There&#8217;s so much confusion about primary and secondary medical coverage in a travel insurance plan that it&#8217;s not as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trip Insurance Won&#8217;t Help Brenda&#8217;s Husband</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are considering a Euro River Cruise in June of 2010. The sailing we are interested has limited availability so we need to make a non-refundable deposit ASAP; however, due to family issues my husband is not sure he will be able to go&#8230;..can he purchase insurance only for the non-refundable/non transferable deposit as long [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Travel Insurance Won&#8217;t Help Robert</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steve, I want travel insurance, but I don&#8217;t want to pay for all the coverages. Here&#8217;s what I want: Trip Cancellation &#038; Interruption coverage, but no medical Coverage for all variations of missed flights for any reason Full coverage for my $2300 laptop that I&#8217;ll buy on my trip Thanks in advance, Robert Hi Robert, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One More Reason To Use Cement Trucks</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I sure am happy I refer to Cement Trucks and not other big things that can hit you. I&#8217;ve used the phrase &#8220;if you get hit by a Cement Truck&#8221; so many times in the past 20 years, 2 months and 8 days that I wonder when I&#8217;ll meet someone who did get hit by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Insure A $0 Trip Cost To Save Money</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve read that buying a trip cancellation travel insurance plan with a $0 trip cost is a good idea because I&#8217;ll still get all the medical, evacuation &#038; other coverages without paying extra for the trip cancellation. It sounds too good to be true. What do you think? Don&#8217;t do it. But, you probably need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Does A Rental Car Collision Damage Waiver Work?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Collision Damage Waiver covers damage to your rental car and &#8220;Loss of Use&#8221; coverage for cars (not trucks, not passenger vans, not exotic vehicles, not off road vehicles). You&#8217;re covered on a per calendar day, not per person basis. Most Rental Car Collision Damage Waiver plans cover repair of the rental car&#8217;s physical damage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Reason to Not Get Travel Insurance</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll be studying abroad in Cape Town, South Africa and traveling for 5 months. I want to insure my laptop, digital camera and similar things. Which travel insurance plan do you think is my best option to insure these items? Thank you, Jesse Hi Jesse, My answer might surprise you since I sell travel insurance, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Easily Find Travel Insurance Information on TripInsuranceStore.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now you can find Travel Insurance information more easily on TripInsuranceStore.com with Google Custom Search I put a lot of information on www.TripInsuranceStore.com. The reason for that is that I personally want to know everything I can learn, before I buy, if what I&#8217;m considering buying will do what I want it to do. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Waiting Cause My Travel Insurance Cost to Increase?</title>
		<link>http://www.TripInsuranceStore.com/blog/will-waiting-cause-my-travel-insurance-cost-to-increase/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:48:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I see the deadline to get travel insurance is the day before my departure for the policy I&#8217;m considering. Will there be a difference in the price quote if I wait until I make my final payment or wait until the day before my trip vs buying my trip insurance today? Linda Hi Linda, All [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who Is The Travel Insurance Claim Paid To?</title>
		<link>http://www.TripInsuranceStore.com/blog/who-is-the-travel-insurance-claim-paid-to/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 14:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.TripInsuranceStore.com/blog/?p=1644</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m buying the plane ticket for a friend. Will the insurance pay me, the purchaser of the ticket, if they are forced to cancel their trip? The trip insurance plans I see say they will pay the person whose name is on the ticket, NOT the one who paid for it (that&#8217;s me). I want [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get Travel Insurance Certificates of Coverage</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 22:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you want to just see for yourself what travel insurance covers? I created a new page that has all our Pre-screened Companies&#8216; Certificates of Coverage. Go to this page: http://www.tripinsurancestore.com/3/certificate.shtml and you can view or download the ones you want to study with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader. Are you, a family member or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Rebooking My Cruise Reset My Initial Deposit Date?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.TripInsuranceStore.com/blog/does-rebooking-my-cruise-reset-my-initial-deposit-date/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 21:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Steve, we are in the process of switching our reservation from Holland America to AAA as it is $120 cheaper!! I will confirm this on Friday with a deposit and then call you. So I am assuming I have 10 days or so to get the travel insurance and that would cover preexisting conditions. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Update on How Travel Insurance Covers Swine Flu</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 13:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an update to my 4/29/09 post &#8220;Update on How Travel Insurance Covers Swine Flu&#8221;. Check out this page, too: http://www.tripinsurancestore.com/3/epidemic.shtml. Pertaining to Swine Flu, the only way you can be sure that you won&#8217;t lose money by being forced to cancel your trip is if you have a &#8220;Cancel For Any Reason&#8221; plan. One [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update on How Travel Insurance Covers Swine Flu</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.TripInsuranceStore.com/blog/?p=1311</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an update to my 4/27/09 post &#8220;How Does Travel Insurance Cover Swine Flu?&#8221; With 3 exceptions, of the plans we sell &#038; trust*, the key date is April 23, 2009: If you had bought a travel / trip insurance policy before April 23, 2009 and you first contract Swine Flu while you&#8217;re on your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Does Travel Insurance Cover Swine Flu?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.TripInsuranceStore.com/blog/?p=1267</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Before I get into the Travel Insurance &#038; Swine Flu details, I hope and pray all the Swine Flu cases get under control quickly and that no one dies from this sickness. As of 4:50 pm Central Time on 4/27/09, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has not classified this outbreak of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Compute Your Per Person Trip Cost</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do my spouse and I evenly split the expenses or insure our actual out of pocket costs? Gretchen Hi Gretchen, You can split the costs on items you&#8217;re sharing, but for specific things like airline tickets you need to insure your actual out of pocket costs. For example, if you&#8217;re both flying but one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Balance An Egg On Spring Equinox</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:35:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can you really balance an egg on Spring &#038; Fall Equinox? Watch the Trip Insurance Guru as he attempts to balance an egg on 3-21-2009: Are you, a family member or friend planning a cruise or trip? Here&#8217;s why you should come to TripInsuranceStore.com for your cruise, trip or travel insurance: You save your time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Travel Insurance Cover All My Children For Free?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[4 of us are traveling from Chicago including our 22 month old daughter who travels free on the airline. Do we include her in the list of travelers? Or are all children automatically covered free? Paul Hi Paul, Two of our travel insurance plans can insure your children up to age 15 free: the Travelex [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is it Still Safe to Get Travel Guard Travel Insurance?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote &#8220;Is it Safe to Get AIG Travel Guard Travel Insurance?&#8221; on September 30, 2008. A lot has happened in the past 5 months, including AIG receiving $150,000,000,000 ($150 billion) in US Government Bailout funds. Hi Steve, my wife wants me to ask you: do you think it&#8217;s still safe to get Travel Guard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Airline Legal Minimum Connection Times</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Worried about making a flight connection? I routinely answer travel insurance questions on the Cruise Critic Message Boards. My id is &#8220;iamtrustworthy&#8220;. Here&#8217;s a summary of one I answered today: I have a 27 minute layover in Atlanta, but the legal connection times for domestic to domestic flights is 55 minutes. My travel insurance plan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is It Too Late To Get Travel Insurance?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re taking a cruise March 1, 2009. We paid our cruise in full in January 2009. My husband was hospitalized last week for something unexpected &#038; his doctor says he&#8217;s ok to travel. I called another website (________) &#038; they said my husband doesn&#8217;t have a pre-existing condition. Which cruise insurance plan should we get? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Primary Differs From Secondary Medical Travel Insurance</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most travelers are are mis-informed about how Primary &#038; Secondary Medical Travel Insurance coverage works. Read this to learn the truth about what Primary or Secondary Medical coverage means and how they differ: Primary Medical Coverage means your medical bills are paid from the first dollar. No &#8220;coordination of benefit&#8221; claim forms need to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do I Have To Cancel My Trip If A Family Member Dies?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 23:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barbara from St. Louis asks: I see that your travel insurance plans can cover me if a family member gets sick or dies. My question is do I have to cancel my trip if a family member dies? I don&#8217;t like my brother-in-law and while I&#8217;ll be sad for my sister when her husband dies, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Do I have To Cancel My Trip If I Can&#8217;t Travel?</title>
		<link>http://www.TripInsuranceStore.com/blog/when-do-i-have-to-cancel-my-trip-if-i-cant-travel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Mother&#8217;s ill and I may need to cancel my cruise. Who do I contact first? The cruise line and cancel (if need be), or the insurance company? Since I have never done this before, I am not sure of the process and the order of the process. Thanks, Marlene Hi Marlene, You first call [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can I Cancel My Trip If I Get A Job?</title>
		<link>http://www.TripInsuranceStore.com/blog/can-i-cancel-my-trip-if-i-get-a-job/</link>
		<comments>http://www.TripInsuranceStore.com/blog/can-i-cancel-my-trip-if-i-get-a-job/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re going to Mexico for two weeks this Summer, but my wife &#8220;might&#8221; get a job in the meantime. She&#8217;s currently unemployed. I would like to insure her share of our prepaid non-refundable trip costs because only she would cancel if this happens. I&#8217;ve read the certificates and &#8220;business reasons&#8221; language, but nothing quite fits [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can I Cancel My Trip If I Don&#8217;t Feel Safe?</title>
		<link>http://www.TripInsuranceStore.com/blog/can-i-cancel-my-trip-if-i-dont-feel-safe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My wife and I may go to the Holy Land and Jordan. We&#8217;re in good health so insuring for that is not our concern. My question is: With the situation in Israel now and in the past the trip could be cancelled. Does any insurance cover you if your tour company cancels because they feel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rental Car Insurance For 4 Wheel Drive Exploring</title>
		<link>http://www.TripInsuranceStore.com/blog/rental-car-insurance-for-4-wheel-drive-exploring/</link>
		<comments>http://www.TripInsuranceStore.com/blog/rental-car-insurance-for-4-wheel-drive-exploring/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve read in your blog that your Collision Damage Waiver does cover dirt roads for normal use of the car. I saw that you only allow US &#038; Canadian residents to take this insurance. Is there any way I can get your rental car insurance? I&#8217;m a 41 year old Belgian and I&#8217;m planning a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tip #1 For Having a Successful Travel Insurance Claim</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:38:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since money isn’t ever quite as easy to get as it is to spend, I want to help you get the most out of your trip cancellation travel insurance policy. Here&#8217;s the first in a series of what you can do to help your travel insurance claim be processed quickly and correctly: Tip #1: If [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Do I Have To Supply A Non-Traveler&#8217;s Medical Records?</title>
		<link>http://www.TripInsuranceStore.com/blog/why-do-i-have-to-supply-a-non-travelers-medical-records/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I didn&#8217;t buy trip insurance from you, but I need your advice: I had to cancel my cruise due to my father-in-law having surgery. I filled out my trip insurance plan&#8217;s claim forms. I just got a letter saying they want me to give them my father in law&#8217;s medical records. Why is this happening? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do Trip Insurance Companies Pay Medical Claims Directly?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.TripInsuranceStore.com/blog/do-trip-insurance-companies-pay-medical-claims-directly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:45:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If I have a medical claim on my cruise, do the trip insurance companies pay the providers directly? How does it work? Although I have excellent credit I don&#8217;t think the ol&#8217; Visa can handle an air medivac charge like I&#8217;ve seen and I certainly can&#8217;t see a doctor in Mexico saying they would accept [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US State Department Travel Warnings As Of 10-30-2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[US State Department Travel Warnings As Of 10-30-2008 Here&#8217;s the list of US State Department Travel Warnings (as Of 10-30-2008). Why would you want to know what&#8217;s on this list? Other than as a matter of personal safety, some travel insurance policies&#8217; Terrorism coverage depends on whether there&#8217;s a US State Department Travel Warning for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Travel Insurance Cover Breakdowns Of A Personal Vehicle?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does Travel Insurance Cover Breakdowns Of A Personal Vehicle? Do any of your policies have coverage for missing the departure because of the mechanical breakdown of a private automobile travelling to the airport? Thanks, Stephen Unfortunately, no. Mechanical breakdown of a private automobile isn&#8217;t ever covered by travel insurance. Therefore, if you are driving to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can I Insure Any Prepaid Trip Cost?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do I have to insure the full cost of my trip? Can I just cover $1,000 even if my trip cost is higher? Rich Hi Rich, You can insure any trip cost. However, if you want certain benefits like Cancel For Any Reason or pre-existing conditions coverage, you have to insure your entire prepaid, non-refundable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can I Claim Without Having a Financial Loss?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:42:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have Blue Cross and I bought a travel insurance plan with Primary medical coverage. I got sick on my cruise and I mistakenly submitted the claim to Blue Cross and they paid it all. Why won&#8217;t my Primary coverage travel insurance plan pay me, too? William Well William, it comes down to the fact [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Travel Insurance Cover Us If We are Awaiting a Transplant?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m interested in travel insurance coverage with the waiver of pre-existing medical conditions for my husband who is currently awaiting a transplant. Will it be covered? Lori Unfortunately, none of our travel insurance companies will cover you. The reason is because his medical condition does not meet Travel Insurance Medically Stable rules. Medically Stable means [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Frequent fliers: No more free ride</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:47:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Frequent fliers: No more free ride As I&#8217;ve written in previous posts (Happy Valentine’s Day From Your Frequent Flier Accounts and Airlines Have New Frequent Flier Fees) the airline are making it more expensive to redeem your Frequent Flier miles. Now, today 9/8/08, Aaron Smith, CNNMoney.com staff writer wrote a good article on what effect [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Does Being Medically Able To Travel Mean?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:29:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HELP PLEASE &#8211; final payment for our South Pacific cruise is next week. My DH (darling husband) had a chainsaw accident last month from which he developed a life threatening infection requiring multiple surgeries/skin grafts. His doctor says he&#8217;s &#8220;medically stable&#8221; and should be able to travel for our cruise (though it might be uncomfortable); [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Non-Refundable Airline Tickets Refundable?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are planning to purchase non-refundable airline tickets. Expedia told us the tickets are refundable &#8211; we would lose only the handling fee (around $200) but keep the face value and we must use it in next year. Does that mean if we cancel our trip for a covered reason, we might not get full [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can I Split Up Our Trip Costs to Get a Lower Price?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can I insure my wife at $900 and myself at $1500 to get a lower price on the trip cancellation travel insurance? No, you can&#8217;t do this. Here&#8217;s why not: The only way you can split up your trip costs is if you have invoices showing the costs specifically attributed to your wife is $900 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>12,000 Laptops Lost Weekly At U.S. Airports</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[12,000 Laptops Lost Weekly At U.S. Airports Jul 3, 2008 By David Hughes (Aviation Week) A new study sponsored by the Dell computer company estimates that more than 12,000 laptop computers are lost or stolen each week at U.S. airports, and only 33% of those that turn up in &#8220;lost and found&#8221; are reclaimed. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can a Canadian and US Resident Be On The Same Travel Insurance Policy?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My mother and I are traveling together. My main point of confusion is how to set up the insurance since my mother is a Canadian resident and I am a US resident. Do we need to purchase separate policies? Shannon Thanks Shannon for the good question. You&#8217;ll need to get separate policies. That&#8217;s because each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Is The Travel Insurance Pre-Existing Medical Conditions Lookback Period?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lookback Period question: If my companion or I are stable and can travel when I buy the insurance more than 181 days before the trip will I have coverage for pre-existing conditions? If I have a condition that requires a doctor visit today and I buy the insurance the next day but more than 181 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Medical Evacuation Cover All Members In My Party?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I understand that emergency evacuation covers the person who is sick. But, what about the other people that are traveling with them? Can we cut our trip short and is this a covered expense with travel insurance? Marianne Hi Marianne, Here&#8217;s how travel insurance covers you for the situation you describe: one person is evacuated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Trip Cancellation Travel Insurance Require Hospitalization For Trip Cancellation?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As to trip cancellation coverage &#8211; if one breaks a leg or arm or has some other unforseen medical condition occur before leaving on their trip, even a bad virus, they probably would not need to be hospitalized but at same time would not feel up to their trip. Will your trip cancellation travel insurance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Travel Insurance Cover Bankrupt Airlines?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 17:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am considering a trip to Cancun in the fall and traveling on Frontier airlines. I guess they filed for bankruptcy protection, does this mean I can&#8217;t get trip insurance if I use Frontier? Rod Rod, Here&#8217;s how the Travel Insurance works: You can still get travel insurance to cover you for everything except cancellations, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Travel Insurance Cover Pre-Existing Conditions for Scheduled Surgery?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 19:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My sister is having hip replacement surgery which the doctor scheduled so she should be recovered way in advance. If there are complications from the surgery would she be covered? Should she get the insurance before she has the surgery? I know there are only a few policies that waive pre-existing so that&#8217;s what we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Trip Cancellation Travel Insurance Cover Unlimited Trips?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 05:08:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We presently have a plan for unlimited 35 day long trips and can buy extra days in 15 day increments. Are your plans along the same idea or do you have to buy everytime you go on a trip? Thanks, June Hi June, Our Travel Insurance plans only work if you cover the full travel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Far in Advance Should You Buy Travel, Trip or Cruise Insurance?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 22:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My first question is, how far in advance do we need to purchase our trip insurance? We have plane tickets for 2 for August 6, 2008 from LAX. I will have more questions later but first just need to know how far in advance we must purchase trip insurance. Thanks, Madelyn Hi Madelyn, You can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Do I Insure Business Class Airline Tickets?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 22:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steve, Regarding the price quote, we re-figured some prices and are actually paying $7,000 per person (which includes airfare). We are flying Business Class &#8211; should we or should we not include the cost of our flight in the insurance estimate? If we eliminate the cost of the Business Class Tickets then the trip is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Must Everyone on a Travel Insurance Policy Cancel Their Trip?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 21:39:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There will be two adults on this trip&#8230;what if one of them cancels but the other one goes&#8230;how is that handled? Don Don, that&#8217;s a great question. And it&#8217;s a simple answer, too: As long as the one who cancels can prove they had a non-refundable financial loss on their share of the trip costs, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Which Medical Facilities Take Your Travel Insurance?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 19:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re going to Budapest for 4 days then to Istanbul. Can you give me the names and contact information for hospitals and doctors that you deal with in those cities. There&#8217;s no list of doctors and medical facilities we deal with worldwide. The doctor must be a &#8220;Legally Qualified Physician&#8221; and it&#8217;s best if she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can I Get a Collision Damage Waiver For a Short Period of Time?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 17:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I only plan on renting a car for 2 days to drive from Portland, Maine to Gettysburg, PA to pick up my daughter at school. Can I get the Collision Damage Waiver from you for that short a period of time? Bob Hi Bob, Yes, you can get the Collision Damage Waiver for just 2 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do Cancel For Any Reason Plans Cover Any Reason Delays?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 06:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am trying to plan a trip for this summer but it is possible that work commitments may force me to rearrange my travel, but not cancel it. I&#8217;m considering buying a &#8220;cancel for any reason&#8221; plan. My question is what coverage I would then have for the rearranged trip? Would I need to buy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Travel Insured Has New Travel Insurance Plans</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TripInsuranceStore.com is the first and only (for a while) travel insurance comparison website to offer Travel Insured&#8217;s new trip cancellation travel insurance plans: You can now get quotes on Travel Insured Comprehensive and Gold plans for per person trip costs of up to $30,000. Plus you&#8217;ll find the plan costs for person trip costs of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can You Have Multiple Travel Insurance Policies For The Same Trip?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:53:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My sister and I put a deposit on a cruise last Feb 2007, to depart in September 2008. We purchased the insurance at that time with the travel agent, for the cruise portion of the vacation. We are now purchasing our air fare and hotel for a pre cruise stay. Can we now get additional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Travel Insurance And Bad Weather Coverage</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summer and hurricane season are quickly approaching. And even after hurricane season is over, then there&#8217;s winter. If next winter is anything like the winter of 2007-2008, you&#8217;re going to hope your travel insurance covers you in case of bad weather. No matter what kind of bad weather you want your travel insurance to cover, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is Repatriation of Remains Coverage?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:13:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am going on an organized tour in Asia. The tour operator requires that each person have $75,000 insurance for &#8220;repatriation of remains&#8221;. Even though I would just as soon leave my remains in Asia, I do want to go on the tour! I looked at your plan comparisons and I can&#8217;t see any that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Travel Insurance Cover Airline Flight Cancellations?</title>
		<link>http://www.TripInsuranceStore.com/blog/does-travel-insurance-cover-airline-flight-cancellations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does Travel Insurance cover the flight cancellations by American, Southwest, United, Delta, Alaska &#038; Midwest Airlines? Thanks, Kate You may not like this answer Kate, but generally the answer is &#8220;No&#8221; because it&#8217;s the airline&#8217;s responsibilty to get you to your destination (your ticket is a contract with the airline). For example, American Airlines has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does A Collision Damage Waiver Have To Cover The Full Rental Period?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 05:41:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am trying to find a Collision Damage Waiver for a UK car rental. The rental&#8217;s CDW is covered for the first 42 days of the trip through an expanded coverage option with Amex; however, the trip is for 49 days, so there is a period of 7 days with no CDW coverage. Is it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Travel Insurance Cover Pre-Existing Medical Condition Check Ups?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does your overseas insurance cover me, for a pre-existing medical condition, if I had to go to a hospital while on my trip, and got a check up? Thanks, Sheng Hi Sheng, Assuming you live in the US or Canada, then the only way any medical condition (pre-existing or not) is covered is if something [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Are The Key Questions To Ask When Looking For Travel Insurance?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 06:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve probably seen this on paragraph TripInsuranceStore.com. If not, here it is for your convenience: Buying travel insurance is a risk: You are trading a known certainty (your hard earned money) for an unknown quantity &#8211; the promise of the insurance policy doing what it says it will do. This is why we pre-screen our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Does Travel Insurance Define A Trip?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My wife and I are flying to Europe on April 8. We will return to our home on April 23 then fly to Detroit, Michigan on April 25 then return to our home on April 27. These trips are interrelated and involve seeing our children and delivering a gift purchased in Europe. Will your flight [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Travel Insurance Doesn&#8217;t Do Everything</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I want a Travel Insurance Policy that will guarantee my admittance to a hospital and pay my bill directly, and have air evacuation back to USA if ever needed. Bill Bill, the short answer to your question is &#8220;Sorry, but you can&#8217;t get a travel insurance policy that will do all that.&#8221; Travel Insurance plans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Extending a Trip Cancellation Trip Interruption Travel Insurance Policy&#8217;s Coverage Dates after Departure</title>
		<link>http://www.TripInsuranceStore.com/blog/extending-a-trip-cancellation-trip-interruption-travel-insurance-policys-coverage-dates-after-departure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi, I&#8217;m on my trip and I decided to stay longer. How do I extend my Trip Cancellation Trip Interruption Travel Insurance policy? We get this question (or its variations) so often I can&#8217;t say it&#8217;s from anyone in particular. However, the gist is still the same: &#8220;I want to extend my policy&#8217;s coverage dates.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Making a Non-refundable Hotel Reservation The Same As Making an Initial Trip Deposit?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What exactly would be the &#8220;initial deposit date&#8221; if I am taking a 7-week trip thru Europe individually, not on a package tour? To get some cheap hotel rates, I have to make reservations that are not refundable. I may not make these hotel reservations all on the same day. Is the &#8220;initial date&#8221; the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can I Buy The Same Travel Insurance Plan For a Lower Price?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 05:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like TripInsuranceStore.com, but it looks like I can buy the same Travel Insurance plan from another website at a lower price. How can this be? I&#8217;m all for saving money, but I&#8217;m afraid I&#8217;ll get tricked into buying a different plan. Cathy Cathy, your fears are justified. All travel insurance prices are regulated by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Travel Insurance Need to be Bought Before Final Payment?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 06:36:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi, My final payment on my cruise is due tomorrow, but I have not bought airfare yet. Do I need to buy the airfare before buying the travel insurance and does insurance need to be bought before final payment? Thank you, Kimberly Hi Kimberly, You didn&#8217;t say, but if you need pre-existing medical conditions coverage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Get Good Travel Health Insurance With No Deductibles and Copays</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 06:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello, Students from our school are going to Jamaica and we need Travel Health Insurance. Can you help me? Thanks, Morgan Morgan brings up a need that sounds simple enough on the surface, but it&#8217;s really more complicated because US &#038; Canadian residents with fixed travel dates have 2 choices for Travel Health Insurance: 1) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Travel Traps Lurking in the Fine Print</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:54:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christopher Elliott recently wrote a helpful article called &#8220;5 Travel Traps Lurking in the Fine Print&#8221;. There are some seemingly common-sense situations that could cause you a loss on a trip you&#8217;d think would, of course, be covered by the travel supplier. Not surprisingly, the companies aren&#8217;t always on your side. One of these traps, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medical Only Travel Insurance Plans</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 05:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am 75. My trip is to Thailand leaving March 3 and return March 26. Since Medicare does not cover me outside the US, looking for medical coverage during trip if a hospital is needed. I don&#8217;t need any pre-existing conditions coverage. Also, will a hospital accept this insurance or must I pay and submit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Risk of Not Reading Your Travel Insurance Policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 04:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s easy to assume that all Travel Insurance Policies work the same way, but this is a big mistake. First, as you may or may not know, we only offer Travel Insurance policies from a handful of companies. I wrote more on this in an earlier post here. So, immediately you can see that I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Use Your Frequent Flier Miles</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have a lot of NWA Frequent Flier miles. We&#8217;ve been lucky using them as we have gotten some great free flights over the past 8 years. But our luck seems to have run out. Ten months ago we tried to plan a family vacation via the NWA website, but no matter how hard we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does a &#8220;Cancel For Any Reason&#8221; Travel Insurance Plan Cover Me If I Want To Return Home Early?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:59:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does a &#8220;Cancel For Any Reason&#8221; Travel Insurance Plan Cover Me If I Want To Return Home Early? Thanks, Roy No, The &#8220;Cancel For Any Reason&#8221; is just that &#8211; cancelling a trip. It&#8217;s not &#8220;Interrupt For Any Reason&#8221;. That said, I can see why Roy asks this question. There&#8217;s a lot of discussion out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Travel Insurance Cover If a Tour Agency Fails To Fulfill Its Promises?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 05:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’d like to reserve a trip to China with a Chinese Tour agency. They are asking us for full payment in advance but we’re a little bit unsure about the reliability of the company. Does your travel insurance cover us if the company won’t accomplish what we agreed? Thanks a lot, Mattia R. No, travel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Are Award Travel Trips Valued and Covered?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do I figure the value of the vacation if I am using points? You need to do this: Count frequent flyer tickets, award travel, vouchers, reward points &#038; credit card miles as a $0 trip cost. The value is not equal to the money you save by using them. Your trip cost is only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adding More People To a Travel Insurance Policy</title>
		<link>http://www.TripInsuranceStore.com/blog/adding-more-people-to-a-travel-insurance-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can more travelers be added to an existing Travel Insurance policy? Jan Hi Jan, You cannot add more travelers to a Travel Insurance policy once a policy&#8217;s set up. However, they can get a new policy. If pre-existing conditions&#8217; or Cancel For Any Reason coverage is needed, they have to get their policy within the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get Trip Cancellation Only Travel Insurance</title>
		<link>http://www.TripInsuranceStore.com/blog/get-trip-cancellation-only-travel-insurance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:59:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Subscribe We now have a Trip Cancellation Only Travel Insurance plan available as of 9/5/2011 to US &#038; Canadian residents. See all the details here: www.NoFrillsTravelinsurance.com I&#8217;m considering a 16 day trip to South Africa with Elderhostel. I am interested in a trip cancellation only insurance plan. I&#8217;ve read about these kinds of plans. How [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Annual Travel Insurance Plans for US residents</title>
		<link>http://www.TripInsuranceStore.com/blog/annual-travel-insurance-plans-for-us-residents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 05:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m looking for an Annual Travel Insurance Plan. Where do I start? Marilyn As far as I know, the only Annual travel insurance plans you can buy if you are a US resident are either Flight Life Insurance (die in a plane crash) or Medical Insurance. Neither of these choices includes trip cancellation, interruption or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Travel Insurance Pay Your Bills Directly?</title>
		<link>http://www.TripInsuranceStore.com/blog/does-travel-insurance-pay-your-bills-directly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 05:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do I get some kind of a medical insurance card I just present to the doctor or hospital I go to? And does the medical facility just collect from the travel insurance company? Thanks, Judy The short answers are &#8220;No&#8221; &#038; &#8220;No&#8221;, but you want to know why. With one exception,you have to pay your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Primary Medical Travel Insurance Is Not Better Than Secondary</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most travelers are are mis-informed about how Primary &#038; Secondary Medical Travel Insurance coverage works. Read this to learn the truth about what Primary or Secondary Medical coverage means and how they differ: Primary Medical Coverage means your medical bills are paid from the first dollar. No &#8220;coordination of benefit&#8221; claim forms need to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US State Department Travel Warnings</title>
		<link>http://www.TripInsuranceStore.com/blog/us-state-department-travel-warnings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 07:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Travel Insurance does not cover civil unrest, so if you&#8217;re considering a trip to a potentially unstable area of the world, I suggest you go here to find out about US State Department Travel Warnings. And if you want to see what else Travel Insurance doesn&#8217;t cover, go here to see the Exclusions Are you, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Track Storms And Bad Weather</title>
		<link>http://www.TripInsuranceStore.com/blog/track-storms-and-bad-weather/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 07:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came across a great website for tracking storms and seeing weather in general. It&#8217;s called &#8220;Storm Pulse&#8221;. You get a satellite image map. You can zoom in and out, too. Here&#8217;s the link to Storm Plus. You can even become a forecaster at Storm Pulse. You can try your hand at forecasting the paths [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who Else Wants To Understand How Rental Car Insurance Works?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tired of paying up to $28 a day for Rental Car Insurance? If you live in the USA or Canada AND are taking trip of at least 50 miles from home, you will save money by getting a rental car collision damage waiver on your own. A Collision Damage Waiver is damage insurance and &#8220;Loss [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Watch Out For Security Line Travel Delays</title>
		<link>http://www.TripInsuranceStore.com/blog/watch-out-for-security-line-travel-delays/</link>
		<comments>http://www.TripInsuranceStore.com/blog/watch-out-for-security-line-travel-delays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Security Line travel delays take longer than expected. You have to plan enough time between flights to account for a longer-than-expected wait. Why is this important, even if you have travel insurance? The reason why is because a common travel insurance exclusion is &#8220;Any government regulation or prohibition&#8221;. Every policy words this a little differently, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4 Important Travel Insurance Claim Tips</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you buy travel insurance, you want to be sure the travel insurance pays the claims. Here are some things you can do to help your travel insurance claim be processed quickly and correctly: Tip #1: If you get sick or injured prior to or on your trip, it&#8217;s important you go to a doctor. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top-Up Travel Insurance Plans For Snowbirds</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2007 06:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just to make sure we all are talking about the same thing, here&#8217;s how a Top-Up Travel Insurance Plan works for any Canadian resident and for Snowbirds in particular: Your Provincial Emergency Medical coverage typically covers you out of province for up to 60 days usually at no additional cost. After the 60 days you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who Can Get The Rental Car CDW Plan?</title>
		<link>http://www.TripInsuranceStore.com/blog/can-anyone-get-the-rental-car-cdw-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.TripInsuranceStore.com/blog/can-anyone-get-the-rental-car-cdw-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I live in Thailand and only return at Chistmas each year to visit my Dad. I do have an California Drivers License though. Can I get your Rental Car Collision Damage Waiver Plan? Thanks, Jeff What do you think? Since Jeff has a valid California Drivers License, does he qualify as a US resident? If [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Travel Insurance Doesn&#8217;t Cover Everything</title>
		<link>http://www.TripInsuranceStore.com/blog/travel-insurance-doesnt-cover-everything-just-listed-unforeseen-events/</link>
		<comments>http://www.TripInsuranceStore.com/blog/travel-insurance-doesnt-cover-everything-just-listed-unforeseen-events/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2007 18:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No matter what you&#8217;ve been told, trip cancellation travel insurance doesn&#8217;t cover you in all situations. It only covers you against &#8220;Listed Unforeseen Events&#8221;. What does &#8220;Listed Unforeseen Events&#8221; mean? This means that if the event&#8217;s not specifically named as a covered reason, you won&#8217;t have a valid claim. Or, put another way: a travel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Is Travel Insurance? (part 2)</title>
		<link>http://www.TripInsuranceStore.com/blog/what-is-travel-insurance-continued/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I ended my last entry with this:What Commonly Is Called Travel Insurance? travel health / medical trip cancellation flight accident baggage / luggage rental car damage waivers evacuation plans Learn what these coverages are: Travel health / medical covers you if you are hurt or get sick when you are traveling outside your country of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Is Travel Insurance?</title>
		<link>http://www.TripInsuranceStore.com/blog/what-is-travel-insurance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 22:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dasseos, The Trip Insurance Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a large subject to tackle and there&#8217;s no way I can explain it all in one blog post. However, I&#8217;ll start by clarifying what travel insurance is and what it&#8217;s not. In its most broad definition travel insurance is &#8220;insurance that covers you while you&#8217;re traveling&#8221;. In fact, this definition explains why many [...]]]></description>
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